Voyages Through Universe : Complete / With Two CDs - 2nd edition

Summary: Voyages Through the Universe Second Edition provides students and professors with the best of both worlds. It is written by two distinguished research scientists (Morrison and Wolff) and an award-winning astronomy educator (Fraknoi). This author team combines the latest science with classroom-tested teaching strategies. Voyages Through the Universe is adopted at a wide range of schools: elite private four-year universities, state schools of all levels, and a v

ariety of two-year schools. It is extremely authoritative and up-to-date as well as approachable and accessible to all students. Besides the full text, volume one (Voyages to the Planets) and volume two (Voyages to the Stars and Galaxies) are now stand-alone, complete texts. This enables instructors to choose the book that best fits their needs for any length course on either or both subjects.

Approachable, humorous writing style encourages students to pursue astronomical topics within the text and beyond.

Captivating illustrations illuminate classroom discussions, and detailed captions help students understand what the image is really about.

Surfing the Web offers annotated guidance to the best astronomy on the web.

Inter-activity consists of cooperative group activities for lecture or discussion.

The latest images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Galileo, the Mars Pathfinder, Global Surveyor missions, and others, as well as the latest astronomical discoveries, are integrated and fully explained.

Redshift College Edition, an enhanced version of RedShift 3, the popular planetarium software, contains superior graphics, enhanced explanations, and student guidance. It truly puts the universe at your fingertips.

More "down-to-earth" examples and analogies are used to help students relate astronomical concepts to things that happen in their everyday lives.

A pre-developed WebCT curriculum that instructors can use "as is" or customize for specific classroom needs is available with the text. WebCT provides free tools that facilitate posting of course content, administration of quizzes and tests, class gradebook management, and Internet communication such as e-mail, threaded discussions and chat.

Summary: Voyages Through the Universe Second Edition provides students and professors with the best of both worlds. It is written by two distinguished research scientists (Morrison and Wolff) and an award-winning astronomy educator (Fraknoi). This author team combines the latest science with classroom-tested teaching strategies. Voyages Through the Universe is adopted at a wide range of schools: elite private four-year universities, state schools of all levels, and a variety of two-year schools. It is extremely authoritative and up-to-date as well as approachable and accessible to all students. Besides the full text, volume one (Voyages to the Planets) and volume two (Voyages to the Stars and Galaxies) are now stand-alone, complete texts. This enables instructors to choose the book that best fits their needs for any length course on either or both subjects.

Approachable, humorous writing style encourages students to pursue astronomical topics within the text and beyond.

Captivating illustrations illuminate classroom discussions, and detailed captions help students understand what the image is really about.

Surfing the Web offers annotated guidance to the best astronomy on the web.

Inter-activity consists of cooperative group activities for lecture or discussion.

The latest images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Galileo, the Mars Pathfinder, Global Surveyor missions, and others, as well as the latest astronomical discoveries, are integrated and fully explained.

Redshift College Edition, an enhanced version of RedShift 3, the popular planetarium software, contains superior graphics, enhanced explanations, and student guidance. It truly puts the universe at your fingertips.

More "down-to-earth" examples and analogies are used to help students relate astronomical concepts to things that happen in their everyday lives.

A pre-developed WebCT curriculum that instructors can use "as is" or customize for specific classroom needs is available with the text. WebCT provides free tools that facilitate posting of course content, administration of quizzes and tests, class gradebook management, and Internet communication such as e-mail, threaded discussions and chat.

Preface for the Student Preface for the Instructor Prologue and Brief Tour of the Universe

1. Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy 2. Orbits and Gravity 3. Earth, Moon, and Sky 4. Radiation and Spectra 5. Astronomical Instruments 6. Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System 7. Earth as a Planet 8. Cratered Worlds: The Moon and Mercury 9. Earth-like Planets: Venus and Mars 10. The Giant Planets 11. Rings, Moons, and Pluto 12. Comets and Asteroids: Debris of the Solar System 13. Cosmic Samples and the Origin of the Solar System 14. The Sun: Our Star 15. The Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse 16. Analyzing Starlight 17. The Stars: A Celestial Census 18. Celestial Distances 19. Between the Stars: Gas and Dust in Space 20. The Birth of Stars and the Search for Planets 21. Stars: From Adolescence to Old Age 22. The Death of Stars 23. Black Holes and Curved Spacetime Interlude: Gamma-ray Bursts 24. The Milky Way Galaxy 25. Galaxies 26. Quasars and Active Galaxies 27. The Organization of the Universe 28. The Big Bang

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